Paella, Friends, and Family-Liz

I can't thank my brother Bill and his fiance Kena enough for hosting a fundraising dinner for Melinda and I. Bill's paella is famous and I don't know if people were more surprised that I'd never had it or that I plan on hiking over 2664 miles. It was great to be able to display all my gear and discuss the PCT with everyone while my nephew Ian entertained himself with the cookset, good thing its tough. I want to thank everyone for coming and donating and please forgive me if I don't list your name, I couldn't remember everyones name. Thank you John and Carin, John and Paula, Frank, Brian and Christina, Mark and Jackie, Kathy, Tim and Corrina, Mike, Sekayya, Tekela, Gary, Patricia, John F., cousin John, Megan, Jim, Henry, and Brady (heal fast kid), Jeff, Kasey, and Ian, Peter, and my gracious hosts Billy and Kena. I hope I inspired a few people to go out and take a hike, it doesn't have to be as extreme as mine.